Hay and grain bin



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J KIMERER.

HAY AND GRAIN BIN.

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JOSEPH KIMERER, 0F VALPARAISO, INDIANA.

HAY AND GRAIN BIN.

' SPECIFICATION forming part ,of Letters Patent No. 269,680, dated December 26, 1882.

I Application filed May 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH K'IMERER, ot' Valparaiso, in the county ot' Porter and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay and Grain Bins,y ot' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bins in which hay and grain are stored when cut, so as to be protected from the wind and from rain or other fallin g weather.

The object ot' my invention isto provide an improved portable bin which permits of, first, tree ventilation; second, of the ready raising and loweringot' its root' to suit the bulk f the contents ot' the bin; third, of the ready attachment and detachment of the elevating devices, so as to permit their application to other bins to elevate or lower the roofs thereof; and, fourth, ot' suspending a turning or swiveling hay-lori; from the center of the rising and falling roof, so as to enable a wagon to be unloaded from either of the four open sides of the bin.

A further object ot' my invention is to improve the construction of the vertically-adjustable root' so as to render it staunch and rigid Without interfering with its adjustability or vertical movements.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved bin, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section therethrough on the line 220i' Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the adjustable root' of the bin detached.

The side frames, A A A2 A, ot' the hin are preferably joined together so as to form a square four-sidediuclosure. The bottom pieces or sills, ai, ot' the bin are stout timbers, and are mounted preferably upon runners B B, so as to enable the bin to be readily hauled about or moved from place to place by a team when desired. The sides of the bin are preferably fenced or boarded up to a height of several feet-say five or six feetso as to render the inclosure secure against theintrusion of stock. The bin at one side is preferably provided with a door or doors, (not necessary to be shown,) so as to permit ready access to the bin when unlled with hay or grain in order to store or shelter agricultural machinery or other things which it is desirable to protect from rain, &c.

Four posts or upright-s', (l, forming the corner-timbers ofthe bin,e1:tend up some distance-say twenty feet, more or lessfrom the centen-where they converge, tcnoned into the' Y timber` d, while at their outer ends, which are widened, they are iirmly interlocked and secured to timbers F F F2 F3, arranged around the lower edge of the roof, to which and to' the said rafter-timbers E E E2 E3 the boards forming the covering ot' the roof are nailed. In order to brace the roof still further. I provide it with the brace-tim bers G G G2 G3, and with metal brace rods or cords H H H2 H3, which exten d from the central timber,'(1,throu gh which they pass or to which they are firmly secured, to the root-timbers F F' F2 F3, through which they pass, suitable nuts being screwed upon the outer ends of said rods tightly up against the outside of said roof-timbers to thoroughly tighten and brace the roof. The outer ends ofthe metallic brace-rods are shown as bent upon or looped around the roof-tinibers at their outer ends; but l will in practice use the screw-nuts as the fastenings, as shown in Fig. 3.

A staple, hook, or connection, I, is secured in or to the lower end of the central roof-tira ber, d, in order to form a point of suspension for a turning or swiveling hay-fork of any of the Well-known forms in common use suitable IOO thetimberd,theneeessityforthegreat strength and thorough bracing of the root' I have described is obvious.

The roof D is elevated or depressed according to the bulk of the mass to be placed or contained in the bin. The roof is guided up and down upon the posts or supports C, which pass through openings near the edge of the root', at the four corners thereof, (the openings being formed in the outer ends of the raftertimbers E E E2 133,) and is elevated and lowered preferably by means of two windlasses, J K, from the respective drums ot' which cords j l; are run up over pulleys J K', mounted in or upon the upper ends of diametricallyopposite posts C U, for example, the ends ofthe Acords heilig then preferably passed through openings in the roof and iliade fast. The roof is thus suspended by the wiudlasscords at two diametrically-opposite corners thereof, and it will be obvious that by letting outor winding up this c0rdthe roof will be either lowered or elevated.

When the roof has been adjusted to the desired altitudeit may belocked from descending by pins c, which are adapted for insertion in any of the series of horizontal openings c', formed in the posts C. The roof may thus be securely locked from descending, so as to relieve the hoisting ropes or chains from strain. Instead of this arrangement of locking-pins, however, the windlass-shaft may be locked by the usual pawl and ratchet to maintain the roof in its adj usted position by suspension from the hoisting cords or chains.

The windlass-shafts are preferably journaled in metallic plates l l, which are secured to the posts C by removable bolts and nuts. so that said windlasses ai ereadly detachable in order that the windlasses may be common to several bins, or, iu other words, be capable of being readily removed from one hin and applied to another to adjust its reci'. i

In ordertopgeventrain from enteringthrongh the openings 1n the roofthrough which the uprights C pass, when the roof is raised to shelter hay or other things placed in the bin- 1 provide the upper ends of said uprights with comparatively large water-shields or fenderplates S, preferably of sheet metal, to turn olf the rain which would otherwise gain access to the interior of the bin.

It will be obvious that the windlass-cords may be run so as t0 be operated by a single wjndlass shaft or by more than two windlasses; but I prefer the organization shown.

Having thus described the best way nowl known to ineofenibodyinga-ll my improvements in one apparatus, what I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, ot' the bin-frame, the roof provided with openings at its corners for the passage of uprights risingfrom said frame, the stationary windlasses secured to said frameto raise and lowersaid roof', and the water-shields or fenders to prevent the access ot' water into the bin through said roof-openings when said roof is elevated to constitute a shelter.

2. The improved portable hay and grain bili, substantially as hereinhei'ore set forth, the same consisting ofthe bin-frame, the runners upon which said frame is mounted, the uprights ot' said frame, the braced and centraltimbered roofadjustable vertically upon said uprights, the windlasses for elevating and lowering said root', and the connection of said roof from which to suspend a turning or swiveling fork to unload from either side ofthe bin.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2d day of May, A. D. 1882.

JOSEPH KIMERER.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. MCLAUGHLIN, WILLIAM J oHNs'roN. 

